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!text-content\">\n                                ATP Tour players Joao Fonseca and Carlos Alcaraz.                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Joao Fonseca is gearing up for the \u201cgreat experience\u201d of facing Carlos Alcaraz as the Brazilian and world No 1 get set to meet for the very first time at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/miami-open-draw-alcaraz-could-face-fonseca-sinner-same-half-zverev-medvedev\">All eyes were on a potential clash between rising star Fonseca and seven-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz when the Miami Open draw was made on Monday<\/a>, with the two landing in the same mini-section of the draw.<\/p>\n<p>As a seeded player, 2022 Miami Open champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> was handed a bye into the second round, with the winner of the first-round clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/joao-fonseca\">Fonseca<\/a> and Fabian Marozsan set to be his first opponent.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/miami-open-who-alex-eala-round-3-opponent-meet-giant-killer-magda-linette\">Miami Open: Who is Alex Eala\u2019s Round 3 opponent? Meet giant-killer Magda Linette<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/moise-kouame-66-atp-rankings-makes-history-miami-open-win\">Teenage prodigy Moise Kouame +66 in ATP Rankings as he makes history with Miami Open win<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is now confirmed that the Spaniard will face Fonseca on Friday night, with the world No 39 battling past Marozsan 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the second round in Miami.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-beats-joao-fonseca-exhibition-match-miami\">Alcaraz and the Brazilian met in an exhibition match in Miami last December<\/a>, though this is their first official ATP Tour contest between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Fonseca has long been recognised as one of the most talented prospects in the men\u2019s game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/indian-wells-open-joao-fonseca-sends-message-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz\">and recently impressed in an encouraging display against world No 2 Jannik Sinner in Indian Wells<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having pushed Sinner to two tiebreak sets in his first-ever contest against the Italian, Fonseca now gets to test himself against world No 1 Alcaraz in the second half of the \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Miami after his opening win at the Masters 1000 tournament, the 19-year-old discussed the opportunity to face Alcaraz for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacing Alcaraz is a great experience for me,\u201d said Fonseca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last tournament I played against Jannik, and now playing against Carlos is a great achievement for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, as a teenager in the second year on Tour, facing those guys is just important for my development, at any time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to face them, to see how I am at my level, where I can go, what those guys do that the other players don\u2019t, and how they deal with pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz will enter this contest as the favourite to seal victory, though all eyes will be on just how much of a challenge Fonseca can provide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-reaction-miami-open-upset-loss-david-goffin\">The world No 1 was stunned in the second round of the Miami Open by David Goffin twelve months ago<\/a>, and he has not reached the final of the event since lifting the title back in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz also heads into the event off the back of his first defeat of the season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/indian-wells-carlos-alcaraz-addresses-target-on-my-back-after-shock-daniil-medvedev-loss\">with the Spaniard looking to return to winning ways after an Indian Wells semi-final loss to Daniil Medvedev last Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this encounter will face either Camilo Ugo Carabelli or 32nd seed Sebastian Korda in round three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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